I am 6 days post-op and am having a very hard time getting my fluids in every time I take a wee little sip I cramp up. I have tried cold, room temp and hot. My Protein is the worst. Has anyone had this happen? How did you get through it?

I am 8 days post op and water is the worst for me. I have to have juice of some type mixed in even a few drops of lemon juice helps. Room temp is the worst for me.

It is a struggle. Just keep working at it. It's more important to get your water in than your protein this early post-op. If the pain is severe or continues to a point where you cant get at least 32 oz in a day, call your doctor since dehydration is the absolute worst thing that you can allow to happen at this point.

I am 3 weeks out from surgery and had this problem big time during my second week post op. I ended up in the emergency room for dehydration because I could only drink about 125mls of fluid a day for 5 days. It was incredibly painful to drink fluids, water causing the most pain. I also had a lot of nausea. It ended up being excess stomach acid. I started taking Prilosec twice a day (am and pm) and pepcid in the afternoon. I was also given reglan which helps with nausea and stomach acid, but reglan should not be used on a long term basis. The pain when I drink water has improved a lot with the new antacid regimen. I still have some nausea, but nothing like before.

I am 3 weeks out from surgery and had this problem big time during my second week post op. I ended up in the emergency room for dehydration because I could only drink about 125mls of Fluid a day for 5 days. It was incredibly painful to drink fluids' date=' Water causing the most pain. I also had a lot of nausea. It ended up being excess stomach acid. I started taking Prilosec twice a day (am and pm) and pepcid in the afternoon. I was also given reglan which helps with nausea and stomach acid, but reglan should not be used on a long term basis. The pain when I drink water has improved a lot with the new antacid regimen. I still have some nausea, but nothing like before.[/quote']

Thankfully I was able to get in 28.25 oz in so far this morning!

Hi, I'm 4 days post op and the first couple of days was the worst, my wife tried to flood me all at once and had to have the doc tell her 32 oz throughout the day building up to 64 eventually.